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Title: Russian Roulette
Subtitle: How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Plot for Global Revolution
Author: Giles Milton
Narrator: Napoleon Ryan
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-29-14
Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 75 votes
Genres: History, World
Publisher's Summary:
In 1917, a band of communist revolutionaries stormed the Winter Palace of Tsar Nicholas II - a dramatic and explosive act marking that Vladimir Lenins communist revolution was now underway. But Lenin would not be satisfied with overthrowing the Tsar. His goal was a global revolt that would topple all Western capitalist regimes - starting with the British Empire. Russian Roulette tells the spectacular and harrowing story of the British spies in revolutionary Russia and their mission to stop Lenins red tide from washing across the free world. They were an eccentric cast of characters, led by Mansfield Cumming, a one-legged, monocle-wearing former sea captain, and included novelist W. Somerset Maugham, beloved childrens author Arthur Ransome, and the dashing, ice-cool Sidney Reilly, the legendary Ace of Spies and a model for Ian Flemings James Bond.
Cummings network would pioneer the field of covert action and would one day become MI6. Living in disguise, constantly switching identities, they infiltrated Soviet commissariats, the Red Army, and Cheka (the feared secret police), and would come within a whisker of assassinating Lenin. In a sequence of bold exploits that stretched from Moscow to the central Asian city of Tashkent, this unlikely band of agents succeeded in foiling Lenins plot for global revolution.
Members Reviews:
Nerves Of Steel British Spies Vs Russia: WW1 Era
What made the experience of listening to Russian Roulette the most enjoyable?
This detailed biographical history of the beginning of MI 6 during and after WW-1 and the subsequent infiltration of the Bolsheviks, Lenin's Cominterm - with world revolution especially in India and the current middle east which sheds light on current events and spies with nerves of steel, a flair for unimaginable danger, and quick intellect. Wow!
Who was your favorite character and why?
Cummins, AKA "C"........he invented the whole affair....
Have you listened to any of Napoleon Ryans other performances before? How does this one compare?
No, but his performance was brilliant and he sounds like a spy!
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Tea And Vodka On The Eastern Front
Any additional comments?
If you have read "Farewell" this book is made for you, brother!
Much better than expected
I wrote a review already and it disappeared, so forgive me not working too hard at it. This was a very good depiction of the early days of the Russian Revolution from an unsympathetic side.....the opposite of "Reds", one could say. It was a terrific story with startlingly dangerous feats being attempted in the very early days of British spying. We forget that the fear of a worldwide communist revolution was justified at the time, which also contributed to the rise of fascism. The characters and stories are vivid and fascinating and with some in central Asia, resonate with us today. How amazing that the Soviets wanted to make use of the highly religious Muslims for their own purposes!
Riveting story and very well written
This is a riveting spy story that is hard to stop listening to! The reader's voice is perfect for the material, and the writer unfolds the details of the story in an engaging manner.
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Title: Russian Roulette
Subtitle: How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Plot for Global Revolution
Author: Giles Milton
Narrator: Napoleon Ryan
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-29-14
Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 75 votes
Genres: History, World
Publisher's Summary:
In 1917, a band of communist revolutionaries stormed the Winter Palace of Tsar Nicholas II - a dramatic and explosive act marking that Vladimir Lenins communist revolution was now underway. But Lenin would not be satisfied with overthrowing the Tsar. His goal was a global revolt that would topple all Western capitalist regimes - starting with the British Empire. Russian Roulette tells the spectacular and harrowing story of the British spies in revolutionary Russia and their mission to stop Lenins red tide from washing across the free world. They were an eccentric cast of characters, led by Mansfield Cumming, a one-legged, monocle-wearing former sea captain, and included novelist W. Somerset Maugham, beloved childrens author Arthur Ransome, and the dashing, ice-cool Sidney Reilly, the legendary Ace of Spies and a model for Ian Flemings James Bond.
Cummings network would pioneer the field of covert action and would one day become MI6. Living in disguise, constantly switching identities, they infiltrated Soviet commissariats, the Red Army, and Cheka (the feared secret police), and would come within a whisker of assassinating Lenin. In a sequence of bold exploits that stretched from Moscow to the central Asian city of Tashkent, this unlikely band of agents succeeded in foiling Lenins plot for global revolution.
Members Reviews:
Nerves Of Steel British Spies Vs Russia: WW1 Era
What made the experience of listening to Russian Roulette the most enjoyable?
This detailed biographical history of the beginning of MI 6 during and after WW-1 and the subsequent infiltration of the Bolsheviks, Lenin's Cominterm - with world revolution especially in India and the current middle east which sheds light on current events and spies with nerves of steel, a flair for unimaginable danger, and quick intellect. Wow!
Who was your favorite character and why?
Cummins, AKA "C"........he invented the whole affair....
Have you listened to any of Napoleon Ryans other performances before? How does this one compare?
No, but his performance was brilliant and he sounds like a spy!
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Tea And Vodka On The Eastern Front
Any additional comments?
If you have read "Farewell" this book is made for you, brother!
Much better than expected
I wrote a review already and it disappeared, so forgive me not working too hard at it. This was a very good depiction of the early days of the Russian Revolution from an unsympathetic side.....the opposite of "Reds", one could say. It was a terrific story with startlingly dangerous feats being attempted in the very early days of British spying. We forget that the fear of a worldwide communist revolution was justified at the time, which also contributed to the rise of fascism. The characters and stories are vivid and fascinating and with some in central Asia, resonate with us today. How amazing that the Soviets wanted to make use of the highly religious Muslims for their own purposes!
Riveting story and very well written
This is a riveting spy story that is hard to stop listening to! The reader's voice is perfect for the material, and the writer unfolds the details of the story in an engaging manner.